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5 <br /> 1 Commissioner Jacobs said the Board can deem these additional funds as <br /> 2 undifferentiated, one-time funding that the schools can use as needed. <br /> 3 Commissioner Jacobs said this is why the County is perpetually falling short on building <br /> 4 maintenance, because operating expenses always have to be supported, due to lack of support <br /> 5 at the State level. <br /> 6 Chair Dorosin said he is hearing a consensus for$2.1 million for one-time funds to the <br /> 7 schools. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs to <br /> 10 fund the schools at $2.1 million. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Chair Dorosin commended all for a collaborative budget process. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 <br /> 17 • Operating Budget Amendment List and Decision Items for the County's FY2017-18 <br /> 18 Annual Operating Budget <br /> 19 <br /> 20 The Board went line by line on the lavender sheet, and voted on these Amendments: <br /> 21 <br /> 22 001. <br /> 23 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Chair Dorosin to add partial <br /> 24 funding from the Visitor's Bureau occupancy tax of $5,000 and $10,000 from the General Fund <br /> 25 for the Bike Safety Campaign. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 28 <br /> 29 002. <br /> 30 Previously voted upon at BOCC meeting - Reduce the General Fund Reserve to 16% <br /> 31 <br /> 32 003. <br /> 33 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Marcoplos to <br /> 34 fund WHUP for$1,000. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 37 <br /> 38 003. <br /> 39 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br /> 40 increase cell phone allowance for BOCC from $35 to $53 = $1,296/annually. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 43 <br /> 44 007. <br /> 45 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br /> 46 eliminate the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber and Hillsborough-Orange membership fee - $9,500 <br /> 47 ($8500 for Chapel Hill-Carrboro and $1,000 for Hillsborough-Orange) to be added back into <br /> 48 Economic Development budget, and to the State of the Economy event. (Commissioner will still <br /> 49 be able to attend events but the BOCC office will pay). <br /> 50 <br />